every. the world wants to see you as we are the two great nuclear power. the mere putin speaking of building a new relationship is fall into one on one in finland. hundreds of activists are out on the streets in the finnish capital protesting against both trump and putin. logs the whole robin you're watching al-jazeera live from our headquarters here in doha also coming up they've been waiting twenty years for a party like their son finally friend celebrates late into the night after winning the thrilling world cup victory also they were better foes just

a few months ago but now they're the best of friends eritrea reopens december c. in ethiopia. welcome to the program donald trump and vladimir putin have avoided mentioning some of the most contentious issues between their countries as the u.s. and russian president spoke of building a new relationship they made a few opening remarks before they went into that one on one meeting in finland the presidential palace in helsinki trump said they discussed the nuclear arms and china putin said he wanted to talk about hotspots but there was no mention of allegations of russian interests here and it's in the twenty sixteen u.s. election that's talked to our diplomatic editor james bays in helsinki i suppose really both men need to measure each other up and tread carefully. well that's certainly it seems how president trump felt about it because certainly

president putin laid out things like the war in syria and said that they had had some painful differences the u.s. president much more upbeat and seemed to avoid the areas that are the real sticking points between the u.s. and russia issues like ukraine the anniversary of m.h. seventeen those two hundred ninety eight people who died is four years ago on choose day suggest coming up in a matter of hours avoiding russia's role in syria and avoiding that whole issue election meddling even though there was indictment of twelve russian agents just a few days ago and he's getting some criticism for this not raising them before he went into the one on one meeting in the gothic call in side the presidential palace just interpreters on each side advantage of president putin because we know he speaks a little bit of english whereas president trump will be relying on that interpreter

because we don't believe he speaks any russian that meeting went on what we're told longer than expected we were told originally by both the white house and the russian side that they expect it to be an hour and a half where it went on for more than two hours two hours and ten minutes and then the next stage has now started which is the lunch it's now the two leaders plus their key colleagues so it's five aside on each side at this lunch president trump joined by secretary state might pump aoe and others and president putin joined by foreign minister sergei lavrov reporters were allowed in at the very start of that lunch and they managed to get one question to president trump asking him how the one on one went. to. really good everybody. while at a luncheon. i think is coming to an end pretty soon so we don't think it will be as

long as that one on one meeting that took place between the two presidents let me tell you what is next on the agenda because it's when we hopefully will find out what has happened behind closed doors and that's a relatively short news conference with statements from both presidents we think some questions what we were told earlier on is two questions from the russian side two questions from the u.s. side the timings of all not kept to the original schedule so i can't tell you or timing but we could possibly see that this half hour that press conference where we'll find out a little bit more about what the two have talked about in this meeting that had no formal agenda but of course we'll be covering that press conference when it does happen james and one of the issues certainly one of the points we've been very focused on is president trump's you might say loose lips he does speak off the cuff off the record off script but he's always looking backwards to make

a deal and mentioning the nuclear arsenal earlier in the day perhaps makes you think that he wants to try and achieve something out of this meeting but is a deal too soon and is a nuclear deal too soon in the planning. wanted to pen's if he's just going to renew the existing nuclear treaty that's there which is called new start it's coming to the end of the timeframe of that treaty expires in two thousand and twelve now i think the obama administration had thought that that was something that should be renewed and president putin i think is keen to renew that treaty president trump in the past has said it was one of the deals that the u.s. has done that was not a good deal i think it's certain that there's no way in the time he's had he could have renegotiated that treaty so they'll either be the two saying they are looking to renegotiate something or perhaps president trump has agreed to stick with the

existing treaty we'll see that among many other issues issues that so far have not pointedly been discussed by the two presidents see how they're raised in the news conference by reporters from the russian and u.s. side and of course we'll come back to you for analysis when that does happen for the moment james thank you well hundreds of activists are out on the streets in the finnish capital protesting against both trump and putin their anger stems from many of trump's policies from immigration to press freedom to climate change and the russian president is under fire for alleged human rights abuses and all thora tarion it's and let's cross over to nadine barber one of the protests in the finnish capital what's the mood like there at the moment. well it's it's fairly light hearted it's fairly all of the protests that we've seen in the last few hours have been very good natured just to explain behind me

a crowd waiting to to see the motorcade of the two presidents departing earlier on tens of thousands of people lined the streets of helsinki to see donald trump arriving there were cheers for him so there are people who do see this visit by the american president in a favorable light but on sunday and throughout monday there have been a number of protests against his presence and against brother mir putin to see many of the protesters highlighting similar human rights infringements as they see it by both presidents things like a women's rights and access to health care and abortion on the american side highlighting donald trump's immigration policies in his he's attitude towards climate change and the free press as well many of the protesters saying that both presidents have been camping down in their own different ways on freedom

of speech certainly there have been posters around this city. reminding people what donald trump has said calling some media enemies of the people so they've been putting their message across very vocally those are messages which we've heard throughout donald trump's european trip the same in england and scotland as well wolf that we'll leave it there and follow events with you through the day also indeed my apologies obviously the the the tension that we've seen in other european capitals hasn't really been the same as it is as it has been in finland one wonders whether the finnish people themselves all the finns really have the same. feelings about the issues that the british or the span. the americans and selves have to the policies that each of these presidents seems to exude across europe.

well finland is has traditionally been seen as a neutral country it's hosted many u.s. soviet and u.s. russian high level meetings before but of course it's a member of the european union before this summit donald trump gave an interview to an american network saying that the e.u. is one of the us his major photos now his defenders pointing out he was talking mainly about trade seeing things in terms of cum competition but it's really got hackles up in many european capitals donald toast the head of the european council saying anyone claiming that europe was a foe of america was spreading fake news and now this extraordinary statement we're just getting news all from the new german foreign minister hi chromos he said we can no longer completely rely on the white house europe must not let itself be divided however sharp the verbal attacks and observes the tweets may be really

really strong words i think unprecedented from a european union foreign minister or somebody at such a high level really saying our traditional ally the u.s. cannot be relied upon there have been of course lots of worries about whether american support for nato will continue donald trump says everything's going fine at the moment the kremlin has said that we shouldn't worry about what happened in that one to one meeting but a lot of people around europe will be wondering what kind of concessions he may have made towards president putin but we'll see what happens certainly in late lots of parts of the day for the moment that in thank you. well the french football team is in the air preparing to land to a hero's welcome in paris within the hour for the fourth well cup victory over

croatia fans have lined up in moscow also to see their boss at the airport big celebrations are planned in the french capital where six subway stations have been renamed in their honor just for the day the tasha butler joins me now from the french capital and if anything if last night's anything to go by the tasha i can only assume monday is going to be more of the same. as if you can have a behind the scene or you know that finds it behind her she also has a. nice cross and i think someone i was i ripped up and excited because of course the eighteen year olds were heading back from most on a plane who was a little bit of a delays today my place being longer but they will be coming down the sidewalk i have been told possibly prayed a hero's welcome i mean spies it probably to thank his team that of brought home to tracy defaulters a lot of excitement here i spoke to some fans

a little bit earlier some who had come from other cities in france i spoke to a couple of the twenty year olds who when stressed cornice to france they partied all night they went straight to the station in the morning and took their train tickets just to be here in paris to say cut the amnesty i was exposed to father and son. he was a guy. was hopefully you can hear me at the tasha of course so we will try and get back to you later in the day when the team actually arrive. well croatia's for. team have arrived back in zagreb out to the country's first i thought well cup final there were celebrations going on at the airport a few short time ago these that those recent pictures of the team are certainly making their way into the main square where they're being welcomed to will be welcomed by the prime minister and the province and self has asked employers to

release stuff early so they can attend and train tickets to zagreb a half price full day sunday was the first time that the country a full million people have ever reached the world cup finals foresee walker is in zagreb before so i think we have to say robyn first just paint the picture where you are and what's going on right now. well we've had we've had all kinds happening here when we had all the thousands of packed into the square now we had a military fly. fighter jets high school see the croatian see back here to the airport from moscow we had a helicopter fly go ahead with croatian flags they believe they are going to step aside now to give you a sense of the carnival atmosphere here on. making square in zagreb where it's saluki. with people most people even then came out yesterday to watch the game. we got black card saying you know. whatever the result it didn't

matter there you go i think whatever well twenty eight hundred forever and that's how the croatian see it that they came second but they are absolutely heroes that somebody else is going to so i never doubted if you can see it is it's a bitch marry me i just i'm just going to weld myself by the reception by the by the way in which the croatians have reacted to that today it seemed they just overwhelmed by the by how far they came how well they played yesterday what it could have what a fantastic bunch of players that they have. despite of course being such a such a small country you know they literally have had the red carpet rolled out for them and they are now driving through the city on an open top bus in detroit we can actually see we can actually share with all viewers that open top bus and the routes that it's making from the airport to wards the square in the main

capital of course one has to you can perhaps give us an idea of the sort of the national pride in the journey that this very young team has made to get to a world cup final for the very first time what it actually means to this country. it means so much because i'm trying to sort of ask myself just imagine how things could have been if that's a good i don't in the five know and they have lost against the french i i don't think there would be the same. reception for the team that you. believe that i think boils down to the fact that croatia has been through so much since its independence from yugoslavia with the war in the ninety ninety s. that left a scar on the station and in fact two of the peace talk play is completely become

outreaching self. from that from that crisis and think how far they've come you know the baltics is grandfather was was murdered by paramilitaries jury. and went to the house in a hotel with his family. i guess his credibility is recognized that he was selfish royalty that he let scandal involving corruption and get his play golf and played credibly well at the croatian simply given that the cuban regime. football despite the state's controversial situation with regards to corruption it doesn't matter they are absolute heroes and they see the result at least so that they will be rapturous when the team abroad to use where it's going to be the nominee sees here i'm sure it will of course will fall over with you are not welcome that the creation team gets when they arrive from force we walk about

in soccer. well still ahead here on al-jazeera a test of media freedom in myanmar as two journalists who reported on the brink of crisis go on trial. may change one thousand new faces enter parliament after a shock election victory earlier this year. hello there some parts of china have seen an awful lot of wet weather in the last few days and this is one province we've had flooding and this is one of the rescues that took place you can see just how deep the water is there that was out of this area of town taken stevie is still with us at the moment but i think over the next few days the wetter weather is going to be in the south and that's where we're going to have more problems already in the so the positron and the northern parts of it now there's lots of cloud at the moment this probably won't develop into

a tropical cyclone just because it's too near land there's also very strong winds high up in the atmosphere and that will stop it forming but we are now seeing this area of cloud develop some kind of rotation and that's going to track its way towards the west and as it does say it will probably intensify an edge its way towards the southern parts of china and northern parts of it now and so over the next three or four days it's going to be incredibly wet here and we are likely to hear reports of flooding there here's what we're expecting to happen on tuesday that already the rain has set in over the northern parts of southern china and then the here is the next system this is the cycle and it's working its way towards the west and will bring us yet more very heavy rain over towards the west and the rains over india have been pretty active recently particularly in the northwest and then we more heavy showers here still to come. he has no passport yet he's politically active in two countries i was the only one

who let stand up our peaceful transition when because the short term expired in our part of the world some people think you are stupid and crazy if you do that mikhail saakashvili former president of georgia and ex governor of the odessa region in ukraine talks to al-jazeera. welcome back you're watching all this there i'm so robin a reminder of our top stories this news donald trump and blood amir putin has held a closed door meeting in helsinki they made a few opening remarks before they went into that one on one meeting at finland's

presidential palace in helsinki trump said they discussed the nuclear arms and china putin said he wanted to talk about hotspots. hundreds of scientists are out on the streets of the finnish capital protesting against both trying to turn as anger over many of trump's policies from immigration to press freedom to climate change the russian president is under fire for alleged human rights abuses and all former terry innocent. and gracious football team have arrived back in zagreb after the country's first ever world cup final appearance their celebrations at the airport turned the capital's main square to welcome back their heroes the winners france are expected to arrive in the french capital. for the countdown is now on for the twenty twenty two cattle world cup which will be the first time the told mint has been played in the middle east qatar's appears that he hopes it will help bring a divided region back together victoria gave the reports from capitol. on

big screens across cattles capital the message is clear despite the political differences between cattle and some of its neighbors in the region the twenty twenty two world cup aims to be a source of pride for all arabs. who will try to make it an excellent well top because this event is very important for the whole region as you know in many arab countries face difficulties the well cup will help us overcome them those are . the first world cup in the middle east the qatari citizens and the many ex-pat troops who live here there's a genuine sense of excitement it's taken the amazing. amazing eleven forcing my way to meet the first world cup ever soviet. why wavy i do rig the forty s. . it's a don't miss in one ear and on the six other stick the stuff. there of course

screens like this one are a reminder that four caps off a single cup is not without major challenges the gulf nation has faced the land and avid ok for more than a year now after saudi arabia the u.a.e. brain and egypt thought that the magic relations last. shot official here in this that had little impact on preparations for the big. cattle has hosted big sporting events before including the asian games in two thousand and six and it will put on the world athletics championships next year officials say the building or the necessary stadiums roads and facilities to host a successful world cup and the hope is that sports will transcend politics and help unify a divided region victoria gates and be al-jazeera. well eritrea is raping its embassy in ethiopia in a further sign of growing toy's between the two longtime regional rivals eritrea's

president is in the capital for the opening ceremony but a down reports from that is up a bit. of a cloth for the past twenty years is now an army of workers have been giving it up for most of the past week and it was opened by president ford. together with the prime minister of ethiopia at the moment. is a visit was considered almost inconceivable just two weeks ago because he was the man blamed for this between the two countries for most of the past two decades but when he came he was warmly welcomed. thousands of ethiopia lining the streets wherever he went chanting his name and all these proximity and all your relationship between the two countries is definitely going to benefit the people of the two countries in eritrea there's been the force conscription and military are

something that is the whole thing will now ease in ethiopia a landlocked country needs the two. and a trailer house which have been traditional ports and also the first flights from ethiopia. eritrea is planned for they so a lot of benefits for both sides of the border while staying in the region people on the island of sokoto are facing a shortage of essential supplies. reconstruction hasn't kept pace with demands the military standoff between the u.a.e. and yemen's government has also slowed things down a bit has more. the board was damaged and the boat sank months ago when cycle macoun hit this region but not much has changed in the yemeni archipelago of the katra the un says sixty thousand people were affected by the cycle in may when yemen's government declared a state of emergency for the day we have shortages mostly of food supplies including flour sugar and oils these food items used to arrive aboard ships the

ships used to carry food supplies to a man and sick otra five of the ships loaded with food supplies to culture were destroyed during the storm. it's called the most alien looking place on earth but it's rare sick otter dragon trees are likely to be chopped down to be used for fuel people here rely on food imports and demand is expected to get bigger during the monsoon season that usually lasts for months. due to the storm and low tide water level dropped three to four meters as a result larger vessels cannot call it the port terminal vessels are transferred to another destination to offload but slow progress is because of the conflict between yemen's government and the united arab emirates over the presence of iraqi troops on the island the u.a.e. insists its role into carter is humanitarian but the local authority sees the u.s. as an occupying force and iraqi forces have agreed to leave but there's no clear plan on who will replace them the u.a.e.

had promised to build housing for the families affected by another cycle on back in two thousand and fifteen that's still under construction. and then we said listen man i guess no one knows why the project has not been completed we are other citizens attending to our cattle or fishing to earn our daily bread maybe the government officials know the reason or only god knows. this was supposed to be part of the us campaign to win hearts and minds of the people of secada but people preferred to stay in huts they say the newly built houses weren't built properly. these are difficult conditions city heat and extreme called if we as. picked off life is very hard at the doctor's location means it's likely to be hit by more harsh weather and we will hope that those in power who fight over control can deliver on their promises of a better life some of a job weighed out of their. the new malaysian government is getting ready to officially begin working poor after

a sixty one year rule of the same political party came to an end in elections in may throw slowly has more from kuala lumpur. the first session of parliament more than two months optimal asians voted in and new government has seen quite a dramatic opening all but a handful of opposition m.p.'s staged a walkout before they were even sworn in they wanted to protest against the government's nomination of the speaker of the lower house they said procedure had not been followed and have asked for a fourteen day postponement of this parliament session the since walked back in but have indicated that this may be the subject of a legal action now the government's choice or candidate for speaker is significant he is a retired judge well regarded in legal circles and is not active in politics quite a refreshing departure from his pretty criticise that there's also a lot of hope riding on this new government they've promised greater transparency in the way they govern this country as one of the first steps nine government

agencies will report directly to parliament including the anti corruption agency as well as the public prosecutor's office a government agency that previously been tightly controlled by the prime minister's office many people are also looking to this new government to repeal repressive laws including the anti fake means act passed by the previous administration just a couple of weeks before the last election widely seen as an attempt to not just stop debate but also the distribution of information on one and. the two reuters journalists arrested in myanmar last year have gone on trial were investigating the killing of ten running of men and boys when they were arrested but they've been charged with violating mere balls official secrets and could face up to fourteen years in prison so fast and has more from bangkok and neighboring thailand. this is of course a trial that everyone around the world who is watching me on maher is watching very closely because it's not only seen as a task for press freedom because i should know in two thousand and twelve it became

much more freer for the media in before it was extremely restricted it was one of the most restricted media in asia but in family there was this new spring a lot of more freedom people could go in journalist could go in and report on stories and when i'm trying to achieve became the state council that was still going on there was still this freedom but then of course the rohingya crisis the whole crackdown happened against the right and of course this is now seen as a strong warning by the military to all media all journalists in myanmar not to investigate what actually has happened against the range because that's what exactly what the reuters journalists were doing they had investigated this massacre of ten men in a particular village and interestingly after they were detained and arrested the military actually arrested some soldiers who day say were involved in that exact same massacre and they have been put in prison for ten years now so basically the

government and the military was admitting that that massacre the reuters investigated was actually really really had to happen. you what you told is their own the whole role but these are all top news stories donald trump of law to be uprooted of a closed door meeting in helsinki they made a few opening remarks before they went into the meeting in finland's presidential palace in helsinki trump says they discussed the nuclear rods in china while putin said he wanted to talk about hotspots. i think we have a great opportunity to go there has to come thank you you have been getting along very well with the leadership you have been here not to warm to the getting close to two. but i think we. have been saying you know i'm sure you've heard. and there's a campaign that getting along with russia is

a good thing that. a lot of good in the context continue over recent months we've spoken on the phone and seen each other at various international events but of course it's time to discuss pearlie our bilateral relations various hotspots in the world there's quite a few of them so we need to focus on the. hundreds of activists are out on the streets in the finnish capital protesting against both trump and putin there's only so many of trump's policies from immigration to press freedom to climate change the russian president is under fire for alleged human rights abuses and also a terry in this. croatia's football team has arrived back in zagreb after the country's first ever world cup final appearance there are celebrations at the airport and in the capital's main square to welcome back the team with its friends are expected to arrive in paris shortly. a ceasefire between israel and the masses under threat after an israeli airstrike on to hamas posts in northern gaza israel's military says the strike was in response to acid attacks by hamas on israeli

territory on saturday both sides accepted an egyptian brokered cease fire after the latest round of violence in gaza to palestinian teenagers were killed when israel launched what it called the most powerful daytime a tank since the twenty fourteen gas of wall. a new malaysian government is getting ready to officially begin work in kuala lumpur after the sixty one year rule of the same political party came to an end in the elections in may prime minister martin mohammed and one thousand new members of parliament have been sworn in those were the headlines the is there a newsgroup with folly is next in half an hour we return now to. on counting the cost why china wants an expanded economic role in the middle east we'll look at which countries are leading the way in innovation plus safe cancer causing one of the world's most profitable and widely used to list goes on trial

counting the cost and i just. ask. you in the room to. see. from president eating his time in the midst of a war getting dragged off a roof because saakashvili was once widely recognized as an advocate for reform and democracy. friend of the west and enemy of russia so crushed really became president of georgia in january two thousand and four his popularity got him reelected four years later despite accusations of electoral fraud but georgia's constitution prevented him from running for a third term in two thousand and thirteen saakashvili party was defeated at the polls and he left georgia for ukraine shortly afterwards where he supported the two thousand and fourteen revolution. he gained ukrainian citizenship although it meant losing his georgian passport. right.